Snow in my neighborhood early this morning February 21st 2012

A small, but potent weather system impacted the area last night in the form of heavy snow and even reports of lightning and thunder in some areas with this band! The snow started after dark in most areas and it came in a quick heavy burst in a short time in a band that was intense in nature. Once the snow began our ground was white with in 20 minutes! Around 7pm Facebook and twitter lit up with reports from locals of lightning and thunder. I heard it was seen from the Downtown Skycam, I unfortunately missed the lightning. I was indoors and not expecting any! Several reports of spotting power outages came in from Stewartville, where power was out to some for more then an hour. The power outage was reported around the same time as the lightning, but its unsure what caused it. As quickly as the snow started just as quickly before midnight. I received 1.25″ total and the snow was very wet in nature.

Snowfall Reports.

The highest report filed is from Red Wing with just under 3 inches. The lowest came from far eastern areas where under a half inch was seen in some cases! Highs will be in the 30s today so much of this snow will melt fairly fast.